[MinnowBoard] MinnowBoard Max won't boot.

[John 'Warthog9' Hawley]

On 04/13/2015 11:31 AM, ericolv at cox.net wrote:
> I wasn't sure if I sent my first message successfully, so if this is a repeat, please disregard.
> 
> Brand new MinnowBoard Max received a couple days ago.   If I understand correctly, I should be able to boot, minimally to a shell, without any usb stick or sd card inserted?   If this is the case, mine will not boot.  Two lights come on at power up but that's it, nothing on the screen.
> 
> Please Help.

What size power supply are you using (I.E. it's 5v at what amps)?

Do you have a serial adapter to see if anything is coming out over serial?

If all you have is an hdmi monitor of some sort, what type / can you try
it on another screen, as you might be running into:

http://elinux.org/Minnowboard:MinnowMax#Weak_HDMI_signal_causing_some_monitors_to_not_work

- John